- Grammar: Punctuation: Quotation
- Summarize rules 1-5 of direct quotation in the grammar section of your composition book, please. We will continue with this same page tomorrow.
- Change rule 6 to this: In a short essay (less than five pages), keep quotations as short as possible (do not pad your essay). In analysis (such as AP), you want frequent, brief quotations for support. Perhaps 10-15% of your essay will be quotation, never more than 20%.
- Rule 7: In essay analysis, after you quote, you must tie the quote back to the topic or thesis. Do not end a paragraph with a quotation.
- Rule 8: In general, do not let a quote stand by itself as an isolated sentence in an essay; it should be woven into you own sentence.
- Good: Foolishly, Johnny told Jim to "Kick that skunk."
- Bad: Johnny told Jim to do a foolish thing. "Kick that skunk."
- Roots
- mor, mort -- death
- morph -- form
- Work on your journal (due Wednesday)
HW: Beautiful, Good and True
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